Panchapretamanchadhisayini (पञ्चप्रेतमञ्चाधिशायिनी, IAST: Pañcapretamañcādhiśāyinī) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu girl-name meaning “She who reclines upon the throne of five prostrate Śivas”. From pañca (five), preta (corpse or supine form), mañca (couch, throne, platform), adhi (above), and śāyinī (one who reclines), this name reveals Lalitā's supreme tantric sovereignty over the five forms of Śiva who serve as Her divine throne.

Meaning, etymology & significance

In Śrī Vidyā iconography, the Goddess is depicted seated upon a couch formed by the five supine forms of Śiva — Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Īśvara, and Sadāśiva — symbolizing that all divine masculine power exists only as Her support and substratum. This is among the most profound and philosophically dense of Her epithets.

This name is deeply esoteric and is primarily used in tantric liturgical contexts rather than as a personal name; it is the same imagery described in the famous Soundarya Laharī of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya. Pronounced pun-chuh-pre-tuh-mun-chaa-dhi-shaa-yi-nee — it is revered but not practical as a given name.

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Scriptural source

Panchapretamanchadhisayini appears in the Lalitha Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Lalitha.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Panchapretamanchadhisayini aligns with the Uttara phalguni nakshatra, under the Kanya rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 3.